Definition of sack

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Sack (n.) A measure of varying capacity, according to local usage and the substance. The American sack of salt is 215 pounds; the sack of wheat, two bushels..

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Antestature :: Antestature (n.) A small intrenchment or work of palisades, or of sacks of earth..
Doodlesack :: Doodlesack (n.) The Scotch bagpipe.
Plunder :: Plunder (v. t.) To take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers..
Gripsack :: Gripsack (n.) A traveler's handbag.
Sackless :: Sackless (a.) Quiet; peaceable; harmless; innocent.
Pocket :: Pocket (n.) A large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as ginger, hops, cowries, etc..
Ransack :: Ransack (v. t.) To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house..
Calamary :: Calamary (n.) A cephalopod, belonging to the genus Loligo and related genera. There are many species. They have a sack of inklike fluid which they discharge from the siphon tube, when pursued or alarmed, in order to confuse their enemies. Their shell is a thin horny plate, within the flesh of the back, shaped very much like a quill pen. In America they are called squids. See Squid..
Sackfuls :: Sackfuls (pl. ) of Sackfu.
Satchel :: Satchel (n.) A little sack or bag for carrying papers, books, or small articles of wearing apparel; a hand bag..
Sackbut :: Sackbut (n.) A brass wind instrument, like a bass trumpet, so contrived that it can be lengthened or shortened according to the tone required; -- said to be the same as the trombone..
Sack :: Sack (v. t.) To put in a sack; to bag; as, to sack corn..
Kasack :: Kasack (n.) Same as Cossack.
Disacknowledge :: Disacknowledge (v. t.) To refuse to acknowledge; to deny; to disown.
Hetman :: Hetman (n.) A Cossack headman or general. The title of chief hetman is now held by the heir to the throne of Russia.
Haversack :: Haversack (n.) A gunner's case or bag used carry cartridges from the ammunition chest to the piece in loading.
Ransacking :: Ransacking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ransac.
Knapsack :: Knapsack (v. t.) A case of canvas or leather, for carrying on the back a soldier's necessaries, or the clothing, etc., of a traveler..
Execution :: Execution (n.) The act of sacking a town.
Gunny Cloth :: Gunny cloth () A strong, coarse kind of sacking, made from the fibers (called jute) of two plants of the genus Corchorus (C. olitorius and C. capsularis), of India. The fiber is also used in the manufacture of cordage..
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